What to Make of this Dump Cheney Rumor?

[Stevendsmith]

Anyone know any more about this?

I sure as hell hope it’s not true. We need this bastard to stay right where he is until January of ’05 -— when he’ll be packing his bags and hopefully answering criminal charges!

Then again, it would look very bad if the administration was forced to dump this thug. I don’t think the public will buy the "poor health" story.

Either way, it’s a disaster for the White House. Yay!

Things are getting very bad for BushCo. And I'm loving every minute of it.

Here’s some snips:

Counterspin Central

Wednesday, January 28, 2004:

ANCHOR CHENEY: The "Dump Cheney" movement within the Republican party is really picking up steam. "Oh yeah, big time."

http://counterspin.blogspot.com/

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Will Dubya Dump Dick?

By Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - While Democratic rivals battle for the presidential nomination in a succession of grueling primary elections, Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be fighting to secure his spot on the Republican ticket behind President George W Bush.

The vice president, whose apparent moderation and 35-year Washington experience reassured voters worried about the callowness and inexperience of Bush during the 2000 campaign, is seen more and more by Republican Party politicos as a drag on the president's re-election chances in what is expected to be an extremely close race.

The reasons are simple: instead of the moderate voice of wisdom and caution that voters thought they were getting in the vice president, ongoing disclosures about his role in the drive to war in Iraq and other controversial administration plans depict him as an extremist who constantly pushed for the most radical measures.

He is seen as not just an extremist, but also a kind of eminence grise who exercises undue influence over Bush to further a radical agenda, a notion that was backed by the publication of a recent book about former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill, who described Cheney as creating a "kind of praetorian guard around the president" that blocked out contrary views.

More at:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FA29Aa01.html

[beyurslf]

1. I think they will keep him unless

they can convince Powell to take it.